Italian Serie A

FT Monday, September 26, 2016
Sampdoria WWLLL 1
–
Cagliari LDLWL 2
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CAG112
Sant'Elia · 14,117 att.

Match Report

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Emiliano Viviano blunder gifts Cagliari win over Sampdoria

Substitute Federico Melchiorri seized on a terrible goalkeeping mistake by Emiliano Viviano to score a late winner as Cagliari beat Sampdoria 2-1.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
10
10
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
1
60
Possession
40
18
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
358
Accurate Passes
219
447
Passes
306
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
3
34
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.2
81
Long Balls
82
39
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
8
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
15
18
Tackles
22
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
35
12
Clearances
40

Head to Head

SAM leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CAG · 4-3-1-2

  1. 30Marco StorariG
  2. 2Bruno AlvesCD-L
  3. 23Luca CeppitelliCD-R
  4. 29Nicola MurruLB
  5. 19Fabio PisacaneRB
  6. 22Marco BorrielloM
  7. 77Panagiotis TachtsidisCM
  8. 10João PedroAM
  9. 20Simone PadoinLM
  10. 3Mauricio IslaRM
  11. 25Marco SauCF-R

SAM · 4-3-1-2

  1. 2Emiliano VivianoG
  2. 37Milan SkriniarCD-L
  3. 26Matías SilvestreCD-R
  4. 19Vasco ReginiLB
  5. 13Pedro PereiraRB
  6. 27Fabio QuagliarellaM
  7. 21Luca CigariniCM
  8. 11Ricardo AlvarezAM
  9. 18Dennis PraetLM
  10. 16Karol LinettyRM
  11. 9Luis MurielCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Luis Muriel (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 33' Substitution, Cagliari. Rafael replaces Marco Storari because of an injury.
  3. 37' Goal! Cagliari 1, Sampdoria 0. João Pedro (Cagliari) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Simone Padoin.
  4. 49' Milan Skriniar (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 55' Substitution, Sampdoria. Patrik Schick replaces Luis Muriel.
  6. 65' Luca Cigarini (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 69' Mauricio Isla (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 74' Substitution, Cagliari. Federico Melchiorri replaces Marco Sau because of an injury.
  9. 75' Substitution, Sampdoria. Ante Budimir replaces Pedro Pereira.
  10. 80' Substitution, Sampdoria. Bruno Fernandes replaces Dennis Praet.
  11. 83' Substitution, Cagliari. Nicolò Barella replaces João Pedro because of an injury.
  12. 86' Goal! Cagliari 1, Sampdoria 1. Bruno Fernandes (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karol Linetty.
  13. 88' Goal! Cagliari 2, Sampdoria 1. Federico Melchiorri (Cagliari) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  14. 90'+1' Simone Padoin (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.

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